What did you do all day?: Maternal education and child outcomes

Does maternal education have an impact on children's educational outcomes even at the very low levels found in many developing countries? We use instrumental variables analysis to address this issue in Pakistan. We find that children of mothers with some education spend 72 more minutes per day...

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Published in:The Journal of human resources 2012-01, Vol.47 (4), p.873-912
Main Authors: Andrabi, Tahir, Das, Jishnu, Khwaja, Asim Ijaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Bargaining
Bildungsverhalten
Causal Models
Child labor
Children
Children & youth
Computation
Context Effect
Developing countries
Developing Nations
Developmental Stages
Education
Educational activities
Educational attainment
Educational Background
Educational Benefits
Family Environment
Foreign Countries
Frauenbildung
Households
Housekeeping
Human resources
Kind
LDCs
Low Income Groups
Methode
Mother Attitudes
Mothers
Outcomes of Education
Pakistan
Parent Child Relationship
Parent educational background
Parent Influence
Parent-child relations
Parents as Teachers
Reliability
School enrollment
Schätzung
Studies
Test scores
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Summary:Does maternal education have an impact on children's educational outcomes even at the very low levels found in many developing countries? We use instrumental variables analysis to address this issue in Pakistan. We find that children of mothers with some education spend 72 more minutes per day on educational activities at home. Mothers with some education also spend more time helping their children with school work. In the subset that have test scores available, children whose mothers have some education have higher scores by 0.23—0.35 standard deviations. We do not find support for channels through which education affects bargaining power within the household.
ISSN:0022-166X
1548-8004
1548-8004
DOI:10.1353/jhr.2012.0029